万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-04-26&27, 残酷的四月

Hi everyone, at the end of an extraordinary week, you can't help but be struck by how much tragic¹ history has been made in the third week of April. Yesterday, April 19th, we marked the 12-year anniversary of the bombing in Oklahoma City. The same day we marked the 14th anniversary of the sore on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Today is the 8-year anniversary of the Columbine shootings, and then Virginia Tech. All the people who have been touched by those tragedies can’t help but wonder why they happened? Why they lost those they love? For so many, the grieving goes on. T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month. Right now, few Americans would disagree. During this cruelest month, as we mark all these sad anniversaries, we remember all those who were lost, and quietly extend our sympathies to all those who grieve. That’s a page from my notebook, I’m Katie Couric, CBS News.

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adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。